X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:05:21 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: R: aclocal problem Message-ID: <20100211030521.GA2654@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20100210090140 DOT GA21205 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <313676 DOT 21275 DOT qm AT web25504 DOT mail DOT ukl DOT yahoo DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <313676.21275.qm@web25504.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:44:58PM +0000, Marco Atzeri wrote: >--- Mer 10/2/10, Corinna Vinschen ha scritto: > >> On Feb? 9 19:59, Marco Atzeri >> wrote: >> > --- Mar 9/2/10, Marco Atzeri ha scritto: >> > >> > > Hi, >> > > working on the last octave development source, >> > > recently I bumped on: >> > > >> > > $ aclocal --force -I m4 >> > > unknown channel obsolete. at >> > > /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line >> 632 >> > > ? ? ? ? >> > > Autom4te::Channels::msg('obsolete.', >> 'configure.ac:262', >> > > 'warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE\' is >> obsolete.\x{a}You >> > > should r...') called at /usr/bin/autom4te-2.65 >> line 1039 >> > > aclocal-1.11: autom4te failed with exit status: >> 1 >> > > >> > > >> > > Have anyone the same problem with other packages >> ? >> > > It seems more a aclocal fault than a octave >> specific >> > > issue. >> > > >> > > >> > > Regards >> > > Marco >> > > >> > >> > I just discovered that the problem happens with >> > cygwin snapshot 2010-02-07 but not with 1.7.1. >> > >> > Any idea what could cause it ? >> >> No, but it might help to isolate the cause if you verify >> with which >> snapshot the problem actually started. > >2010-02-05 is the first to show such problem. >2010-02-04 works as expected That would point to a newlib change since the only cygwin change is very trivial. >snapshot 2010-02-10 seems to have a problem with perl. > >perl 3192 _cygtls::handle_exceptions: In cygwin_except_handler >so aclocal can not work at all. That one is my fault. I have a vague understanding of what is causing the problem but I probably won't be able to fix it tonight. I should have it fixed tomorrow, however. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple